SEEK Outage History

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SEEK had 30 outages in the last 2 years totaling 28h 48m of downtime — averaging 1.2 incidents per month.

There were 30 SEEK outages since July 11, 2024 totaling 28h 48m of downtime. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: https://status.seek.com

Minor May 18, 2026

Ad Performance data delay

Detected by Pingoru
May 18, 2026, 11:18 PM UTC
Resolved
May 19, 2026, 03:51 AM UTC
Duration
4h 33m
Affected: Ad Performance
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. identified May 18, 2026, 11:18 PM UTC

    Delay in delivery of latest Ad Performance data

  2. resolved May 19, 2026, 03:51 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor May 18, 2026

SEEK API performance degraded

Detected by Pingoru
May 18, 2026, 03:06 AM UTC
Resolved
May 18, 2026, 05:07 AM UTC
Duration
2h
Affected: SEEK Job PostingAuthSEEK Optimised ApplyTalent Search ConnectEventsApply with SEEKAd PerformanceDeveloper tools
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating May 18, 2026, 03:06 AM UTC

    We have noticed a performance degradation on the SEEK API overall. We are currently investigating.

  2. investigating May 18, 2026, 05:05 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

  3. resolved May 18, 2026, 05:07 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice April 24, 2026

Job posting edit degredation

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 24, 2026, 03:54 AM UTC
Resolved
Apr 24, 2026, 03:54 AM UTC
Duration
Affected: SEEK Job Posting
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Apr 24, 2026, 03:54 AM UTC

    updatePostedPositionProfile requests sent without a seekAdvertisementProductId failed from 10:30am yesterday. This was resolved at 11:55 today. Edits during this incident will need to be reposted.

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Minor April 21, 2026

Apply with SEEK degredation

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 21, 2026, 06:00 AM UTC
Resolved
Apr 21, 2026, 06:15 AM UTC
Duration
14m
Affected: Apply with SEEK
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Apr 21, 2026, 06:08 AM UTC

    We have noticed a performance degradation on the Apply with SEEK flow. We are currently investigating.

  2. resolved Apr 21, 2026, 09:16 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice April 20, 2026

Job Posting Outage

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 20, 2026, 12:22 AM UTC
Resolved
Apr 19, 2026, 11:30 PM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Apr 20, 2026, 12:22 AM UTC

    There's an issue posting new job ads via the SEEK API. It started at 9:41am and service was just restored ~10:12am AEST.

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Critical March 17, 2026

Major SEEK API Outage

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 17, 2026, 12:33 AM UTC
Resolved
Mar 17, 2026, 02:02 AM UTC
Duration
1h 28m
Affected: SEEK Job PostingAuthSEEK Optimised ApplyTalent Search ConnectEventsApply with SEEKAd Performance
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating Mar 17, 2026, 12:33 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. identified Mar 17, 2026, 12:43 AM UTC

    The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

  3. identified Mar 17, 2026, 12:45 AM UTC

    An internal network change has been identified as the root cause and a rollback is in progress.

  4. resolved Mar 17, 2026, 02:02 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Major March 12, 2026

Questionnaires outage

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 12, 2026, 11:38 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 13, 2026, 12:01 AM UTC
Duration
22m
Affected: SEEK Job Posting
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Mar 12, 2026, 11:38 PM UTC

    This affects partners creating questionnaires via the SEEK API.

  2. resolved Mar 13, 2026, 12:01 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice February 9, 2026

Job posting partial outage

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 09, 2026, 12:22 AM UTC
Resolved
Feb 09, 2026, 12:27 AM UTC
Duration
5m
Affected: SEEK Job Posting
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Feb 09, 2026, 12:22 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating a partial outage for editing job ads via SEEK API and Ad Sync .

  2. resolved Feb 09, 2026, 12:27 AM UTC

    The incident has been resolved. Incident start time 10:29 AM AEDT and resolved in 11:17am AEDT

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Notice February 4, 2026

Missing webhook events

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 04, 2026, 11:47 PM UTC
Resolved
Feb 04, 2026, 11:47 PM UTC
Duration
Affected: Events
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Feb 04, 2026, 11:47 PM UTC

    Incident Summary Between 8 December 2025 and 3 February 2026, some webhook events were not delivered by the SEEK API. Specifically, PositionProfilePosted events were intermittently dropped during this period. Impact - Some position profiles may not have appeared in your ATS during this time frame - Applications associated with those position profiles may also not have been reflected in your ATS Resolution All missing events have now been replayed.

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Critical January 9, 2026

SEEK API elevated error rate

Detected by Pingoru
Jan 09, 2026, 08:16 AM UTC
Resolved
Jan 09, 2026, 10:25 AM UTC
Duration
2h 8m
Affected: SEEK Job PostingAuthSEEK Optimised ApplyTalent Search ConnectEventsApply with SEEKAd PerformanceDeveloper tools
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating Jan 09, 2026, 08:16 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. monitoring Jan 09, 2026, 09:40 AM UTC

    The problem has been identified and a fix is being rolled out.

  3. resolved Jan 09, 2026, 10:25 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

  4. postmortem Jan 12, 2026, 12:14 AM UTC

    An internal networking change caused a complete SEEK API outage from 7:00pm to 8:36pm GMT\+11. All inbound requests to `graphql.seek.com` timed out and no outbound webhook events were delivered during this period. Candidates could not link out from a SEEK job ad to an external apply form during this time. Requests to the domains `auth.seek.com` and `integration.seek.com` were unaffected. SEEK will resend the wehbhook events that were missed during the period of 6:30pm to 9:36pm GMT\+11, see [https://developer.seek.com/events/webhooks#duplicates](https://developer.seek.com/events/webhooks#duplicates) for more information. This will commence from 12/02/2026 3:45pm GMT\+11.

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Minor December 15, 2025

Elevated API errors

Detected by Pingoru
Dec 15, 2025, 04:03 AM UTC
Resolved
Dec 15, 2025, 04:15 AM UTC
Duration
12m
Affected: SEEK Job PostingSEEK Optimised ApplyTalent Search ConnectApply with SEEKAd Performance
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Dec 15, 2025, 04:03 AM UTC

    SEEK API is experiencing elevated errors starting from 2:52pm GTM+11. We are currently investigating the issue.

  2. resolved Dec 15, 2025, 04:15 AM UTC

    We have identified the issue as an internal network configuration change that affected traffic between 2:52pm and 2:54pm (GMT+11). All impacted services have been restored.

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Notice October 3, 2025

SEEK web components partial outage

Detected by Pingoru
Oct 03, 2025, 05:24 AM UTC
Resolved
Oct 01, 2025, 11:30 PM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Oct 03, 2025, 05:24 AM UTC

    SEEK web components experienced elevated errors between 9:56 AM and 3:52 PM GMT+10. This may have affected the Ad Performance Panel, Ad Selection Panel, and Questionnaire Panel.

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Major August 15, 2025

Elevated errors during job posting

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 15, 2025, 02:04 AM UTC
Resolved
Aug 15, 2025, 05:21 AM UTC
Duration
3h 17m
Affected: SEEK Job Posting
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Aug 15, 2025, 02:04 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. monitoring Aug 15, 2025, 02:16 AM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

  3. resolved Aug 15, 2025, 05:21 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved. We observed elevated errors in job posting and update between 11.59AM AEST TO 12:01PM AEST.

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Critical May 16, 2025

Developer site outage

Detected by Pingoru
May 16, 2025, 01:12 AM UTC
Resolved
May 16, 2025, 03:38 AM UTC
Duration
2h 25m
Affected: Developer tools
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating May 16, 2025, 03:34 AM UTC

    SEEK is currently experiencing an issue that is causing developer.seek.com to 503 when users try to visit any nested routes. We are currently investigating the cause of the issue.

  2. resolved May 16, 2025, 03:38 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Critical May 14, 2025

Advertisement products outage

Detected by Pingoru
May 14, 2025, 02:29 AM UTC
Resolved
May 14, 2025, 03:01 AM UTC
Duration
32m
Affected: SEEK Job Posting
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating May 14, 2025, 02:29 AM UTC

    SEEK is currently experiencing an issue that is causing advertisement products queries to fail. We are currently investigating the issue.

  2. monitoring May 14, 2025, 02:40 AM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

  3. resolved May 14, 2025, 03:01 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Major May 13, 2025

SEEK API returning elevated errors with HTTP status code 403

Detected by Pingoru
May 13, 2025, 01:55 AM UTC
Resolved
May 13, 2025, 02:14 AM UTC
Duration
18m
Affected: SEEK Job PostingAuthSEEK Optimised ApplyTalent Search ConnectEventsApply with SEEKAd PerformanceDeveloper tools
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating May 13, 2025, 01:55 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. investigating May 13, 2025, 01:56 AM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  3. identified May 13, 2025, 02:09 AM UTC

    The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

  4. resolved May 13, 2025, 02:14 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor March 27, 2025

CandidateApplicationCreated webhook delays

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 27, 2025, 08:08 AM UTC
Resolved
Mar 27, 2025, 09:20 AM UTC
Duration
1h 12m
Affected: SEEK Optimised Apply
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Mar 27, 2025, 08:08 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating an issue that is causing webhook delivery for CandidateApplicationCreated events to be delayed.

  2. resolved Mar 27, 2025, 09:20 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Major February 21, 2025

Elevated errors for Talent Search Connect mutations

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 21, 2025, 01:08 AM UTC
Resolved
Feb 21, 2025, 01:20 AM UTC
Duration
12m
Affected: Talent Search Connect
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating Feb 21, 2025, 01:08 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. identified Feb 21, 2025, 01:13 AM UTC

    The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

  3. monitoring Feb 21, 2025, 01:15 AM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

  4. resolved Feb 21, 2025, 01:20 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Major December 30, 2024

Elevated auth latency and errors

Detected by Pingoru
Dec 30, 2024, 03:54 AM UTC
Resolved
Dec 30, 2024, 04:31 AM UTC
Duration
37m
Affected: Auth
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Dec 30, 2024, 03:54 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. monitoring Dec 30, 2024, 04:10 AM UTC

    Error rates and latency have returned to normal rates and we are monitoring.

  3. resolved Dec 30, 2024, 04:31 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Major December 3, 2024

Elevated partner token error rates

Detected by Pingoru
Dec 03, 2024, 05:16 AM UTC
Resolved
Dec 03, 2024, 06:48 AM UTC
Duration
1h 32m
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating Dec 03, 2024, 05:16 AM UTC

    We are investigating an issue where API calls to generate a partner token are failing at higher rates than usual, or responding with increased latency.

  2. investigating Dec 03, 2024, 05:55 AM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue. We are in contact with our auth provider.

  3. monitoring Dec 03, 2024, 06:27 AM UTC

    Error rates have subsided. We continue to monitor and continue to be in discussions with our auth provider.

  4. resolved Dec 03, 2024, 06:48 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Major November 15, 2024

Questionnaire Creation Outage

Detected by Pingoru
Nov 15, 2024, 12:41 AM UTC
Resolved
Nov 15, 2024, 01:20 AM UTC
Duration
38m
Affected: SEEK Job Posting
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Nov 15, 2024, 12:41 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. monitoring Nov 15, 2024, 01:04 AM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

  3. resolved Nov 15, 2024, 01:20 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Major November 14, 2024

Ad Selection Panel partial outage

Detected by Pingoru
Nov 14, 2024, 05:57 AM UTC
Resolved
Nov 14, 2024, 09:02 AM UTC
Duration
3h 4m
Affected: SEEK Job Posting
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. identified Nov 14, 2024, 05:57 AM UTC

    The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

  2. monitoring Nov 14, 2024, 06:03 AM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

  3. resolved Nov 14, 2024, 09:02 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Major October 21, 2024

SEEK API returning elevated errors

Detected by Pingoru
Oct 21, 2024, 01:31 AM UTC
Resolved
Oct 21, 2024, 02:42 AM UTC
Duration
1h 11m
Affected: SEEK Job PostingAuthSEEK Optimised ApplyTalent Search ConnectApply with SEEK
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Oct 21, 2024, 01:31 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. monitoring Oct 21, 2024, 02:03 AM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

  3. resolved Oct 21, 2024, 02:42 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Major September 20, 2024

Major Authentication Outage

Detected by Pingoru
Sep 20, 2024, 11:33 PM UTC
Resolved
Sep 21, 2024, 02:09 AM UTC
Duration
2h 36m
Affected: Auth
Timeline · 5 updates
  1. investigating Sep 20, 2024, 11:33 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. monitoring Sep 21, 2024, 12:01 AM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

  3. identified Sep 21, 2024, 12:44 AM UTC

    Error rates & latency remain elevated. We are working with our identity provider on a solution.

  4. monitoring Sep 21, 2024, 01:47 AM UTC

    Error rates & latency have reduced to normal. We are continuing to work with our identity provider on identifying the cause.

  5. resolved Sep 21, 2024, 02:09 AM UTC

    Error rates & latency have reduced to normal. We are continuing to work with our identity provider on identifying the cause.

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